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G. B. SCHMIDT.

CIGAR 0R CIGARETTE HOLDER.

No. 595,114. Patented De0.7,1897.

WITNESSES INVENTOR lhvrrnn STATES GEORGE B. SCHMIDT,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR OR CIGARETTE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,1 14, datedDecember '7, 1897.

Application filed March 10, 1897.

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. Somnmr, 0 New York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cigar or CigaretteHolder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a holder for smokers useadapted to be attached to a garment or any part of wearingapparel and soconstructed that the cigar, cigarette, cigar-holder, or pipe that may becarried by the device may be brought to the mouth and held in properposition for smoking, leaving both hands of the smoker free, andwhereby, further, the device may be so adjusted that the article carriedby it maybe placed and held at any desired distance away from the mouth.

Another object of the invention is to so construct a holder particularlyadapted for smokers use that it will be simple, durable, and economic,and will not necessitate the article carried being supported by thehand, and likewise obviating the necessity of plac ing the article uponsupports when not in use or when the hands are employed, which supportsmay be unclean, the device likewise serving to prevent persons frommisplacing a cigar, cigarette, or pipe, for example, which is often donewhen temporarily removing the article from the mouth and placing it upona convenient and subsequently-forgotten support.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder which Whileparticularly adapted for smokers use may also be utilized for holding apen, pencil, or other small article of desk-furniture, or used foranalogous purposes.

The invention consists in the. particular construction and arrangementof parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, the body portion whereofis in an approximately upright position; and Fig. 2 is a sec- $eria1 No.626,832. (No model.)

tion through the base, showing the body in a downwardly-extendingposition.

A base A is provided which may be given any desired shape and which maybe made from any material found most advantageous. As shown, the base Ais of cylindrical form and is provided with a pin 10, which extendsdownwardly therefrom at a central point, being formed with an eye 11 atthe top portion of the base, as shown particularly in Fig. 1,

The body portion of the device consists of a rod 12, which is preferablya stout wire. This wire, as shown, is bent upon itself at its upper orouter end to form an open loop or socket 13 of such shape anddimensions, for example, as to receive the end of a cigar or themouthpiece-section of a cigar'holder. The wire is further shown ascarried downward in direction of the rod 12 to form a second and smallerloop or socket ll of such dimensions as to hold a cigarette.

The lower or inner end of the rod 12 is coiled at 15 around the base,being shown in the drawings as capable of turning on the base. The endof the coil 15 is passed through the eye 11 of the base, the eye forminga guide for the coil and limiting its outward movement by reason of therod where the coil commences engaging with the eye, as shown in Fig. 1,in which figure the rod is shown in position to hold the cigar away fromthe mouth of the smoker; but the rod may be limited in its movement ineither direction or it may-be free to turn in either direction,depending on its frictional contact with the base to overcome the weightcarried by the rod after it has passed the perpendicular.

I desire it also to be understood that the rod may be rigidly secured tothe base and the base mounted to turn, or the movement of the rod to andfrom the mouth when the rod is rigidly attached to the base may be madeby simply pressing the rod outward or inward from the material to whichthe base is attached.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A device for supporting cigars, cigarettes, or otherlight articles, comprising a base, a

pin passed through the base, the base being also provided with an eye inits upper surface, and an arm consisting of a spring-rod coiled aroundthe base in such a manner as to turn thereon, an end of the coil beingpassed through the eye on the base, the outer free end of the said armbeing bent upon itself to form a spring-socket adapted to receive andhold the article to be supported, as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE E. SCHMIDT.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, J NO. M. BITTER.

